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Old 10th Sep 2015, 10:53
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darkroomsource
 
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First understand, I am not disagreeing that a wet grass runway makes cross wind landings easier, especially in a tailwheel.

What I do wonder is this...
Is wet grass actually slipperier than dry grass?
The reason I ask is that it does require more runway to take off, and less to land on. And if I kick a football on wet grass it doesn't go as far as it does on dry grass.

So I wonder if it's not a case of the grass actually being "stickier" when wet which makes landing on wet grass better.

I'm not a physicist, and I didn't stay in a Holiday Inn express. So I could be talking out my ears.
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